Andrew J. Cavazos is a Partner at Poulos & Cavazos LLP, where he represents plaintiffs in complex medical malpractice litigation. He practices throughout the entire States of New Mexico and Texas.
Andrew previously worked at several personal injury firms, where he focused on litigation involving wrongful death, catastrophic injury, commercial motor vehicle collisions, and workplace accidents. He has extensive experience in all facets of the litigation and appeals processes.
Since becoming a licensed attorney, Andrew quickly garnered the respect of his peers as a top civil litigator. In 2021, the El Paso Young Lawyers Association and El Paso Bar Association honored Andrew as their “Most Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year.” Andrew has also been repeatedly chosen as a National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 under 40” civil plaintiff’s attorney (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) and a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), which is a distinction given to the top 2.5% of attorneys under 40 years old. In 2024, after having amassed over $250 million dollars in settlements and verdicts on behalf of his clients, Andrew was accepted as a lifetime member of both the Millon Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2024-Present).
In 2018, the State Bar of Texas selected Andrew to be a student of the prestigious LeadershipSBOT Academy, which is an honor bestowed upon approximately twenty lawyers per year, for purposes of fostering them as future leaders in the legal community. After graduating from LeadershipSBOT, the State Bar of Texas selected Andrew to serve on the committee that crafts the Texas Pattern Jury Charge for Products Liability and Medical Malpractice (2018- 2023). In 2023, Andrew also began proudly serving as the Region 4 Director for the State Bar of New Mexico’s Young Lawyers Division, where he also served as the organization’s Vice President (2024). Andrew is also a founding board member of the Southern New Mexico Bar Association, where he worked on similar legal initiatives throughout the entire State of New Mexico.
During his career, Andrew has also served his legal community in multiple other positions. From 2017 to 2023, Andrew served the El Paso Young Lawyers Association as a board member (2018, 2022, 2023), its President-Elect (2019-2020), and its President (2020-2021). Andrew has further served as a board member for the Texas Young Lawyers Association (2022), an ex officio board member for the El Paso Bar Association (2020, 2023), and is an active member of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association and Texas Trial Lawyers Association. In 2025, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association appointed Andrew as the Secretary to the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Foundation, where he still serves to this day.
Andrew previously attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he received degrees in political sciences and business administration. He later attended Texas Tech University School of Law, where he served as President of the Hispanic Law Students Association, Director of Communications for the Board of Barristers, a dean-appointed Student Ambassador, a Student Bar Association officer, the American Bar Association schoolwide representative, and a dean-appointed student representative on the Dean’s Committees for Academic Advancement and Diversity.